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Studies in Diplomacy
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G. R. Berridge, Maurice Keens-Soper and T. G. Otte
DIPLOMATIC THEORY FROM MACHIAVELLI TO KISSINGER
Herman J. Cohen
INTERVENING IN AFRICA
Superpower Peacemaking in a Troubled Continent
Andrew F. Cooper (editor)
NICHE DIPLOMACY
Middle Powers after the Cold War
David H. Dunn (editor)
DIPLOMACY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
The Evolution of International Summitry
Brian Hocking (editor)
FOREIGN MINISTRIES
Change and Adaptation
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DIPLOMACY BEFORE THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Britain, Russia and the Old Diplomacy, 1894–1917
Donna Lee
MIDDLE POWERS AND COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY
British Influence at the Kennedy Trade Round
Jan Melissen (editor)
INNOVATION IN DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE
Peter Neville
APPEASING HITLER
The Diplomacy of Sir Nevile Henderson, 1937–39
M. J. Peterson
RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENTS
Legal Doctrine and State Practice, 1815–1995
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Gary D. Rawnsley
RADIO DIPLOMACY AND PROPAGANDA
The BBC and VOA in International Politics, 1956–64
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Diplomatic Theory from
Machiavelli to Kissinger
G. R. Berridge
Maurice Keens-Soper
and
T. G. Otte
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Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
1 Machiavelli
G.R.Berridge 7
2 Guicciardini
G.R.Berridge 33
3 Grotius
G.R.Berridge 50
4 Richelieu
G.R.Berridge 71
5 Wicquefort
MauriceKeens-Soper 88
6 Callie`res
MauriceKeens-Soper 106
7 Satow
T.G.Otte 125
8 Nicolson
T.G.Otte 151
9 Kissinger
T.G.Otte 181
Index 211
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Preface
ThereisalongtraditionintheDepartmentofPoliticsattheUniversity
of Leicester of teaching political theory through the ‘political classics’,
and three collections of essays providing guidance to these texts have
been published by members of the Department or persons at one time
associated with it. It was natural, therefore, when diplomatic theory
subsequently began to be taught in the Department as well, that
thought should turn to producing a guide to the ‘diplomatic classics’.
Thesehoweverprovedmoredifficulttoidentify,andithasbeenneces-
sary, therefore, as a rule, to make the diplomatic oeuvre of selected
authors, rather than singletexts, theorganizing principle of this parti-
cular collection. However, the very scarcity of diplomatic classics and
theconsequentneedtosiftthroughmanyworksforvaluablereflections
ondiplomacy,perhapsmakesabookofthissortespeciallyvaluable.Itis
ourhopethatitwillnotonlystimulateinterestindiplomatictheorybut
forthefirsttimeprovideanaccessibletextforcoursesonthissubject.
IamresponsiblefortheIntroductiontothisvolumebutithasbene-
fitedgreatlyfromthesuggestionsofMauriceKeens-SoperandT.G.Otte,
the member of our trio who, I am bound to note with regret, is not
associated with the University of Leicester. The Introduction explains
thefocusofthebook,indicatesthecharacterofdiplomatictheory,and
highlights some of the major themes which emerge from the subse-
quent chapters. The chapters themselves are ordered chronologically
andeachisroundedoffwithsuggestionsforfurtherreading.
G.R.Berridge
Leicester
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Acknowledgements
G. R. Berridge would like to express his great appreciation to Wayne
Shannon for commenting on his Machiavelli chapter, to Richard
LanghorneandMonteagleStearnsfortheirhelpfulobservationsonthe
chapteronRichelieu,andtoAnneRafiqueforherexpertcopy-editingof
thewholebook.InconnectionwithhischapteronNicolson,T.G.Otte
would like to say that he is greatly indebted to Nigel Nicolson, Sir
Harold’s surviving son and literary executor, for his kind hospitality
and the generosity with which he made available to him his father’s
papers. Without these benefactions the process of writing this chapter
would have been a great deal less enjoyable. Extracts from his father’s
papersarequotedwithhiskindpermission.T.G.Ottewouldalsoliketo
record his thanks to Mrs Ileana Troiano, the daughter of Viorel Tilea,
who kindly allowed him access to her father’s correspondence with
Harold Nicolson. The advice on titles given by John Young for the
‘historical background’ section of the ‘Further reading’ at the end of
theKissingerchapterisalsoacknowledgedwithgratitude.
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